"It is by extending oneself, by exercising some capacity previously unused that you come to a better knowledge of your own potential."

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Source : Harold Bloom (2001). “Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

Harold Bloom

#Exercise Quotes #Self Quotes #Capacity Quotes

“It is easy to make acquaintances, but very difficult to shake them off, however irksome and unprofitable they are found, after we have once committed ourselves to them.”
“Trying to suppress or eradicate symptoms on the physical level can be extremely important, but there's more to healing than that; dealing with psychological, emotional and spiritual issues involved in treating sickness is equally important.”
“The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions”
“It's good to be funny when you are a comedian.”
“the time to hesitate is through no time to wallowin the mire Try now we can only lose and our love become a funeral pyre”
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”
“It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more.”
“I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have been engineered so soon in their tenure.”

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